Mersea Museum on the Essex CoastAn independent museum established in 1976 and
occupying purpose-built premises that have been steadily expanded.
We are in the centre of
West Mersea, just to the east of the Parish Church.
The traditional local activities of
fishing, oystering, wild fowling and boat building
are represented.
The exhibition in the main hall is new each year and features a number if
different displays.
Computers in the Resource Centre can be used to access over 40,000 images,
slideshows, articles, parish records, local census contents, audio files, video.
Children are welcome, with puzzles and quizzes available.

The Museum is now closed and will re-open
to visitors 2nd May 2018.
Winter ProgrammeThere is a winter programme of events taking place in the Museum.
Coming soon24 February - Resource Centre Open10 March - Resource Centre Open16 March - Religion & Revolution - talk, followed by AGMSee Events for details and more events.

2017 was an exciting year on the Mersea mud, with many interesting finds.
We are planning to display the planks from the bronze age board walk found in
February and are raising funds to build the glass-topped section of floor.
See In the mud

Where to find us:
Mersea Island is on the Essex coast, about 9 miles south of
Colchester on the B1025.
The museum is in West Mersea -
follow the main road through the village to the High Street
and down as far as the parish church.
Turn
left in front of the church to reach the entrance gates of the museum.
Show local map
or
Link to Google maps
(in a new window).
If you come on the bus (67 from Colchester), the museum is
a short walk straight ahead from the terminus.

Summer Opening hours:

2pm to 5pm
Wednesday to Sunday inclusive and on Bank Holiday Mondays.
The Museum will be open for the next summer season from 2nd May 2018
to 30th September 2018.

Collections: Local history, social
history, natural history and geology,
local photographs, oral history, family history,
parish records,
marine,
John Leather Memorial Collection,
engineering and costume.

Every care is taken to ensure accuracy of the information in this website,
but no responsibility can be taken for errors or the consequences thereof.
We endeavour to establish the copyright of photographs before they are shown on
the site, but with many old photographs this is difficult. If there are photographs
where you own the copyright, please contact us. We will remove them if necessary.

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